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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Hi ya everyone! I'm super excited to announce the the 11th issue of the Whimsy Stamps Magazine is out and guess who's on the cover!? YAY, it's me. You have to check out this fantastic magazine for tutorials, inspiration and a lot of birthday themed projects this month. The team outdid themselves with gorgeous creations. You can get the print version as well through the Whimsy store.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Hi ya everyone! There is a new challenge on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog today! The challenge is fancy edges! I thought this would be a perfect challenge to use my Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities! These are fabulous for making fun shaped cards. I have a tutorial right HERE on how to make shaped cards using Spellbinders. The adorable image is a Wee rubber stamp from Whimsy Stamps called Playful Kittens. Four cuties come in this set with a number of sentiments. I paper pieced the heart with my My Mind's Eye Blush paper. The kitty was colored in my Copic markers. The fancy edges that you see behind the kitty was made with the NEW Whimsy die cut Lace Doily Corner 2.

Make sure to join us for the Whimsy Challenge - fancy edges this month! If you haven't gotten a chance to check out the new January release you must!!! There are so many cute images and new dies. You can find all of them showcased HERE.

From today until 29 January, the Whimsy DT and our Special January Guest, Gail Lass, will be showcasing these new products with a daily mini blog hop. Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

Today, I used one of the adorable rubber stamps from 2 Cute Ink called Love and Hugs. The balloons, stars and hearts die on the side is also new from Whimsy and is called Swirly Balloon Border Die. I also used a bit of the fabulous lace tape from Whimsy that you can just barely see under the button on the side.

At the end of release week (Wednesday 30 January) a 'Release Round-Up' will be posted on the Whimsy blog together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12.00pm EST tomorrow:

If you would like to join us as our Guest Designer for our March 2013 release please go to our Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 30 January 2013.

For a full reveal of this month’s fabulous release, please visit the Whimsy blog.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Hi ya everyone! There is an adorable new release this week at Tiddly Inks if you haven't heard. This is just one of the many new sweeties you can find called Bloom Beautifully. I used the adorable new die cut from Whimsy called Lacy Doily Corner 2. Make sure to join us at Tiddly Inks for our Wings Challenge!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Hi ya everyone! There is a NEW and adorable release at Tiddly Inks this week! This is just one of the many new images released called Love Fully! I happened to use the clear stamp set but you can also purchase this gorgeous set in digital!

From today until 29 January, the Whimsy DT and our Special January Guest, Gail Lass, will be showcasing these new products with a daily mini blog hop. Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

At the end of release week (Wednesday 30 January) a 'Release Round-Up' will be posted on the Whimsy blog together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12.00pm EST tomorrow:

If you would like to join us as our Guest Designer for our March 2013 release please go to our Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 30 January 2013.

Finally, here is a full reveal of the wonderful January release. Don't forget to visit today's DT and leave a comment on their blog posts to be entered into the draw to win a new release stamp!

Friday, January 18, 2013

Hi ya everyone! Today I want to share this adorable card I made using the ever-so-sweet Elisabeth Bell image Li'l Montana. I colored her with my Copics and used an Echo Park paper from the Sweet Day pad. The sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Designs, A Touch of Elegant Furniture. My favorite newly discovered item from Whimsy is the lace you see in the background. I love lace but often hate pulling out my glue gun to adhere it to my creation. Did you know Whimsy carries a number of awesome lace tapes? LOVE them and the one I used on this card is called Lace Tape White No. 8. I hope you enjoyed today's creation and join us for the new release next week!

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Hi ya everyone!
Today, I'm sharing one of the newer images from Tiddly Inks! This cutey, Happy Mail, comes in both clear and digital. I colored her with my Copics and paired her with this paper from Memory Box called Pixie. The crystals are from Prima and the die is from Spellbinders. Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to join our anything goes challenge this week AND tomorrow is Fabulous Friday on the challenge blog and team member Alyce will be sharing a coloring video!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Hi ya everyone and welcome to our January Birthday Party Release and Celebration Blog Hop!
On January 18th Some Odd Girl is celebrating our 3rd Birthday and we
are having a Party Themed Clear Stamp Release on Monday as part of the
party. We’re kicking off the festivities today with a blog hop where you
can see the release and be entered to win a set of your very own.
Here’s our hop list:

Every comment you leave is an entry to win one of the new sets we’ll
be releasing Monday and you’ll see as you hop. You can hop now thru
Sunday January 13th at midnight EST.You might notice the last stop on our hop is something new, its
something we’ve been working on and we’d love to introduce
you to our new Community! Its the last stop of the hop and to get your
entry there all you need to do is sign up. We have 3 new sets we’ll be
giving away and 1 will be drawn from our new Community Members. We’ll
also be using our community all next week to celebrate our birthday with
games, challenges, contests and giveaways so stop by and get familiar. I
can’t wait to see you there!
Now get to hopping!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Hi ya everyone!
It's Tiddly Tuesday, my favorite day of the week and that means NEW images and a NEW challenge (anything goes) for the NEW YEAR!!! These cuties have been turned into rubber with the great sentiment you see. Something I didn't include was the ever so sweet Annabelle that comes with this set too! Check out all of the set below:

Friday, January 4, 2013

Hi ya everyone!
I shared this adorable little basket I made over on the MarkerPop Blog yesterday and wanted to share it on my blog as well! This little cutie is from CC Designs and is called Laying Nora. I love her little wings and she was perfect for this little Spellbinders basket I made using the adorable paper from My Mind's Eye - Playdate. On the MarkerPop blog I share a link on how to make a basket similar to this using a simple strip of paper!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Hi ya everyone!
There is a new release at Tiddly Inks today! I'm so loving the new images Christy has and these foxes were a nice break from coloring people! Aren't they adorable? I actually used the clear stamp set called My I love You. It comes with the adorable hearts and the awesome quote! You can also purchase this sweetie in digi form HERE. There are a number of other images released this week to that you can catch over on the Tiddly Inks Blog.
For my card today I used my Copics to color up these cuties and used some Simple Stories paper Documented. The hearts were stamped in VersaMagic ink.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

I used the adorable Thank You Mae clear stamp set and the Everyday Smiles sentiments for this creation. See the little banner I added to the bottom of the ribbon? That's from the clear stamp set too. Each of them were stamped in VersaMagic ink and fussy. I colored Mae in my Copics and used my Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily for behind her to match the fun sketch. Be sure to join us for the fun!!!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Hi ya everyone! If you are looking for my Greeting Farm post please scroll down. Today on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog we are reviewing all the new and gorgeous images released for December. They are all stunning images and I've had such a fun time creating with them. Today, I used the adorable Turtle's Friend by Meljen's Designs available now at Whimsy Stamps. I also used the sentiments called Just a Note Notables 6 and the adorable corner dies from Whimsy. The papers you ask? Whimsy paper called Cottage Garden and it's FABULOUS paper! Make sure to stop by the blog and see ALL the amazing and adorable creations from the DT.

The Greeting Farm
wants to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and FUN 2013 and what better
way to kick off the FUN part than with some crafty time? We hope you
are just as excited about these five new releases as we are and can't
wait to see what YOU create when you get them!

We
are just about to kick off our PREMIERE Guest DT Blog Hop, but first,
I'm sure you are all wanting to know what the GRAND PRIZE is, right?
Well, if you guessed the ENTIRE JANUARY RELEASE, you guessed right!
One lucky hopper will walk away with all of these sent right to their
doorstep, so as exciting as that is, let's get to hopping! If you just came here by chance stop off at the TGF blog to check out more details!!!

Please Note:

Please feel free to scrap-lift any project you see! However, I ask kindly that any recreation not be entered into any competitions or be used for profit or publication. Thank you!!email: mfc dot melissamade2 at gmail dot com